UPDATE - Turkish, Emirati leaders meet in New Delhi for talks

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By Diyar Guldogan

NEW DELHI (AA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Saturday met in New Delhi for talks.

The closed-door meeting came on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in the Indian capital.

The leaders discussed bilateral relations and steps to be taken to develop existing areas of cooperation, according to Türkiye's Communications Directorate.

Regional and global issues were also on the agenda.

Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, Erdogan's chief advisers Akif Cagatay Kilic and Zafer Cubukcu, and Hasan Dogan, chief of cabinet to the president, were also present at the meeting.

Although UAE is not a member of the G-20, term president India also invited the leaders of Bangladesh, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritius, Oman, Singapore, Spain, and the UAE to attend the summit.

In July, Erdogan visited the UAE as part of his three-nation Gulf tour to strengthen regional ties.